MERIDIAN —
Citing the evidence in the shooting death Monday afternoon of EMEPA employee Nathan Baker just didn't constitute a capital murder charge, Clarke County Sheriff Todd Kemp said Keith Davis would instead face a murder charge.
In Clarke County court Thursday afternoon Justice Court Judge Marcell Goodman placed Davis, 36, on $600,000 bond at the request of prosecutors. Davis, by order of Goodman, must pay all of the bond amount if he is to be released from jail.
Jo Ann Davis, Keith Davis' wife, is charged with accessory after the fact to murder. Bond for the 33-year-old was set at $100,000.
The couple's 14-year-old son is also charged in the case. He's accused of helping dispose of the victim's body. Because of his age, his identity is not being released and his case is being handled in youth court.
Clarke County authorities believe the shooting Monday afternoon at the Davis home, located at 1650 CR 610, began over electricity being turned off at the home.
Baker, a 21-year employee of EMEPA, was at the home to either collect for two months past due or to turn off the power. Baker, according to Kemp, was shot twice with a small caliber semi-automatic handgun. Kemp said investigators believe Baker's body was then dumped in an area four miles south of Shubuta in Wayne County.
Kemp said Baker's wife called authorities to say her husband didn't come home Monday night. EMEPA officials contacted Clarke County investigators after Baker didn't show up for work Tuesday morning. Kemp said investigators got with EMEPA officials and were able to track the whereabouts of Baker's truck to the last known address — the Davis home. Kemp said he believes Baker's Ford F150 pickup that was found about two miles from the Davis home was involved in moving Baker's body.
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